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Re: Black screen after startx

1. Boot in to backtrack terminal (Just turn on the computer).
2. Log in to root.
3. type in "vim /etc/default/grub" (no quotes)
4. find a line that looks similar to this: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text splash vga=791"
5. Move your cursor on top of the last quote on that line and press the letter 'i' on your keyboard (this turns vim in to inserting mode)
6. Add a space between vga=791 and the quote then type in i915.modeset=1 (The new line should look like this: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text splash vga=791 i915.modeset=1")
7. Hit escape on your keyboard and type in ':x' (with out the quotes.. Just hit the keys) and press enter. This will close the editor.
8. In your console type in 'update-grub' (no quotes)
9. Wait
10. Restart
11. ????
12. Log in to root, and type in startx... Profit.

To the line

but after point 12, the screen goes black as allways.

I have enjoyed Backtrack since before version 3 and I have never had any form of issues with it up to version 5
Sad to say, but if this cannot be fixed, why bother using it at all.
Missunderstand me correctly, I want to use it, i love to use it, I need to use it, but as of now, I cannot use it at all, and I do hate to
be the one that installes backtrack 4 just to be rocking backtrack, I feel that is a shamefull to the backtrack team.

So please, this is an down to my knees all out begging, please fix this issue so that I can finally use the version 5

PS.

Same issue with

BT5R2 Gnome/KDE 32/64bit
BT5R1 Gnome/KDE 32/64bit

Both are not working after upgrading to latest kernel (i.e doing the apt-get dist-upgrade)

BT5R1 works fine out of the box (until dist-upgrade) BT5R2 does not work at all after install, reboot then startx (black screen of death)

Re: Respuesta: Black screen after startx

Originally Posted by l1f374k3r

Hi, i had the same issue, i have an acer aspire with intel hd, you can solve the problem when doing this

When you are in grub, select the os to boot, ubuntu 2.4.6 i think, and the press e
you will be able to edit the boot configuration, where you see text splash nomodeset change it to text splash i915.modeset=1 and then press ctrl+x to boot, you should boot without problems

Re: Black screen after startx

yeah,
i appreciate the answers so far, but no luck
i too am booting bt5 from kde 32 from a cd.... no system installed, hoping / trying to install 5.2 on my hd....
i have tried 2 different bt5 cds and get the same problem as donilag above : a blank screen.
glad i still have my bt4 up and running....
maybe i should get 32 gnome????? anybody had that problem on gnome

as sammy hagar sang so eloquently..... " what took 2 hours, now takes all day"

Re: Black screen after startx

Here's a little tutorial to fix this (NOTE: Make sure your numlock or your caps lock key lights are flashing. If one/both are during the black screen, continue with the steps below.)

1. Boot in to backtrack terminal (Just turn on the computer).
2. Log in to root.
3. type in "vim /etc/default/grub" (no quotes)
4. find a line that looks similar to this: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text splash vga=791"
5. Move your cursor on top of the last quote on that line and press the letter 'i' on your keyboard (this turns vim in to inserting mode)
6. Add a space between vga=791 and the quote then type in i915.modeset=1 (The new line should look like this: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text splash vga=791 i915.modeset=1")
7. Hit escape on your keyboard and type in ':x' (with out the quotes.. Just hit the keys) and press enter. This will close the editor.
8. In your console type in 'update-grub' (no quotes)
9. Wait
10. Restart
11. ????
12. Log in to root, and type in startx... Profit.

Re: Black screen after startx

Here's a little tutorial to fix this (NOTE: Make sure your numlock or your caps lock key lights are flashing. If one/both are during the black screen, continue with the steps below.)

1. Boot in to backtrack terminal (Just turn on the computer).
2. Log in to root.
3. type in "vim /etc/default/grub" (no quotes)
4. find a line that looks similar to this: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text splash vga=791"
5. Move your cursor on top of the last quote on that line and press the letter 'i' on your keyboard (this turns vim in to inserting mode)
6. Add a space between vga=791 and the quote then type in i915.modeset=1 (The new line should look like this: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text splash vga=791 i915.modeset=1")
7. Hit escape on your keyboard and type in ':x' (with out the quotes.. Just hit the keys) and press enter. This will close the editor.
8. In your console type in 'update-grub' (no quotes)
9. Wait
10. Restart
11. ????
12. Log in to root, and type in startx... Profit.

Thanks! it worked for me too, although root password seemed to change after but probably something I did. Im running a Toshiba Sat pro\win xp\AMD64x2\ AMD Radeon X1250